Ink-vending device



Sept. 1, 1925. 1,551,667

D. N. JERAULD INK VENDING DEVIC JE.

- Fi led March 20, 1922 m/(Co- A TTOR/VEYS Patented Sept. 1, 1925.

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Application filed March 20, 1922. Serial No. 545,151.

To all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that I, DLUAREJ N. JERAULD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of East Cleveland, in the county of Guyahoga and Stateof Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ink-Vending Devices, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. v

My invention relates to improvementsin ink vending devices, and it consists in the combinations, constructions, 'and arrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide an ink vending device which is coin controlled, and which is adapted to eject the desired amount of ink for the filling-of a fountain pen or the like, during each operation thereof.

A further object of my" invention is to provide a device of the character described which has a novel coin controlled mechanism.

A further object ofmy invention is to provide a device of the character described which has'means for removing the stagnant ink in the well before a new supply is admitted to the well.

A further object of my invention is to provide a deviceof the character described which is relatively simple in construction, which is efiicient for the purpose intended, and which is not likely to easily get out of order. 4

Other'objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, and the novel features ofthe invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device portions thereof being shown in section,

' Figure 2 is a section along the line 22 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 1s a section along the line 33 of Figure 1,

Figure 4 is a rear elevation of the device, portions thereof being broken away,

Figure 5 is a section along the line 55 of Figure 1, and

Figure 6 is a plan view of a portion of the device.

In carrying out my invention, I provide a base 1 which has an upright portion 2 integral therewith. As clearly shown in Figures 1 and 2, the front portion ofthe up right 2 is designed so as to resemble a fountain pen, such as that indicated at 3. The portion 3 forms no part of my present in vention, but merely aids as a selling feature to the device. reservoir 4 therein, which is adapted to hold the ink. The top of the reservoir 4 is closed by a cap 5, and the bottom of the reservoir 4 is closed by a cylinder 6. It will be noted in Figure 2 that the cylinder 6 has an inkreceiving pocket- 7 therein, this pocket being normally alined with the lower end of the reservoir 4, whereby the ink may flow from the reservoir into the pocket 7.

Positioned directly below the imitation pen point 8 is an ink-receiving receptacle 9 which is adapted to receive the ink ejected from the reservoir 4 by a means hereinafter described. A duct 10 terminates adjacent to the pen point 8, and communicates with the cylindrical opening 11 in which the cyl inder 6 is disposed. It will be observed in Figure2 that the duct 10 is of the same diameter as the pocket 7'so as to readily convey all of the ink from the pocket 7 when the pocket is rotated into alinement therewith. The ink will flow from the pocket 7 when the pocket is in alinement. with the duct 10, and will pour from the end of the pen point 8 and drop into the receptacle 9, thus more or less resembling the ordinary flow of ink from thepen point of an ordinary fountain pen.

The means for controlling the movement of the cylinder 6 consists in a coin-receiving mechanism which is clearly shown in Figures 1, 3, 5, and 6. The upright 2 has a coin passageway 12 therein which is adapted to receive a coin in a horizontal position, and to swing the coin into a vertical position, whereby the coin will drop into a slot 13 in the cylinder 6, and into a slot 14 in a cylinder15. In Figure 6 I have shown the 6 and 15 are the same as the coin 16 for a purpose hereinafter described. A plate 17 The upright 2 also has a has a coin-receiving opening 18 therein, the

plate being adapted to bemoved inwardly so as to carry the opening 18 into registration with the passageway 12, whereby the coin in the opening 18 will drop throu h the passageway 12 and be guided into the I rotate the other one.

slots '13 and 14 in the cylinders 6 and 15. It will therefore be observed that the cylinders 6 and 15 are locked to each other,,and a rotation of either of the cylinders will In other words, the coin 16 acts as acoupling means between the cylinders 6 and 15, and when no coin has been ejected into the device, either of the cylinders 6 or 15 may be rotated without rotating the other cylinder. Both cylinders 6 and 15 are provided with torsional springs 19 and 20, the springs being adapted to return the cylinders (Sand 15 so as to position the slots 13-and 14 in alinement with the bottom of the coin passageway 12 (see Figure '3). The cylinder 15 is further provided with a handle 21, which when swung, will rotate the cylinder 15. The

. cylinders 6 and 15 are further provided with cylinders 6 and 15 so as to operatively lock the two'cylinders together, the ink pocket will be swung into alinement with the duct .10 when the slot 14 is swung into alinement with the passageway 26. In other words, the coin 16. is ejected from between the slots 13 and 14 and into the box 27 when the the cylinders.

pocket 7 is in alinement with the duct 10. t will therefore be apparent that the ink willbe conveyed to the receptacle 9 at the same time as the coin will be conveyed to the box 27. As clearly shown in Figures 5 and 6, the adjacent ends of the cylinders 6 and 15 are disposed slightly apart so as to permit a leaf spring 28 to slide between This spring is adapted to eject the coin from the slots 13 and 14 and into the box 27 whenthc slots have beenbrought into alinement with the passageway 26.

Itis obvious that the ink deposited in the receptacle 9 is likely to be more than the fountain pen can hold, and therefore some of the ink will remain in the receptacle 9. This ink would become coated with dust and thus beharmful if drawn into a fountain pen. To obviate this disadvantage, I dispose a cylinder 29 below the receptacle 9,

the cylinder 29 having an ink passageway 30 therein which is normally in communication with the receptacle 9 (see Figure 1). The ink dropped into the receptacle 9 will therefore first fill the passageway 30 and then the receptacle. The passageway 30 is preferably wide enough to receive the pen point of an ordinary fountain pen. The

cylinder 30 'is operatively connected to the.

communication with an ink receiving box 32. It will therefore be apparent that the ink in the receptacle 9- will be conveyedto the box 32 before an additional quantity of ink is ejected from the reservoir 4, since the plate 17 has to first be actuated before the cylinder 6 can be rotated. The means connecting the plate 17 with the cylinder 29 is clearly shown in Figure 4 and comprises a lever 33 which is connected to the plate 17 at 34, and which is connected to a link 35, the link in turn being connected to the arm 36 of the cylinder 29. A move ment of the plate 17 inwardly to the dotted line position shown in Figure 4, will swing the cylinder 29 so as to aline the passageway 30 with the passageway 31.- The plate 17 is brought backto normal position by means of aspring 37.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, the operation thereof may be readily understood. A person in desiring to fill his fountain pen, will place a coin in the opening 18 in the plate 17, and then manually move the plate 17 inwardly against the tension of the spring 37 so as to bring the opening 18 into alinement with the passagewa 12. This same movement rotates the cylinder 29 so as to bring the passageway 30 into alinement with the passageway 31, as heretofore described, whereby the ink in the passageway 30 will be conveyed to the ink-receiving box 32. The coin will be dropped into the slots 13 and 14 in the cylinders 6 and 15, whereby the two cylinders are operatively connected to each other. The handle 21 may now be swung so as to rotate the cylinder 15, which in turn will rotate the cylinder 6. The movement of the handle 21 is determined by pins 38 which are carried by the side of the upright portion 22 (see Figure 1). Then the handle 21 is swung to its furthest position, the slots 13 and 14 will be in alinement with the passageway 26, and the pocket 7 will be in alinement with the duct 10. It will therefore be apparent that the ink in the pocket 7 will flow through the duct 10 and into the receptacle 9. It is obvious that the cylinder 6 acts as a stopper to the lower opening of the reservoir 4 when the pocket 7 is out of alinement with the reservoir. The coin 16in the slots 13 and 14 will also be ejected into the. box 27 by means of the spring 28, whereupon the spring 19 will instantly return the cylinder 6 to its normal position. As soon as the handle 21 is released, the spring 20 will return the cylinder 15 to its normal position. The cylinder 15 ma 0 hnder 6 until another coin is inserted in t e device.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that the device cannot be acutated so as to eject'a quantity of ink into the receptacle 9'until a coin 16 is inserted thereinto. .As heretofore stated, the device is an advertising medium, since it resemblestheordinary fountain pen, and furthermore, causes the ink in the reservoir to pour from the imitation pen point 8 before it is conveyed to the receptacle 9. The device is novel in construction, and is efiicient for the purpose intended.

I claim:

.1. An ink vending device comprising an ink reservoir, an ink receiving receptable, a passageway placin' said reservoir in communication with sai receptacle, a valve disposed in said passageway, an ink receiving now be swung without actuating the ceiving receptacle adaptedto hold ink between. said receptacle and said compart ment, a valve disposed in said passageway, means for conveying a coin into the machine, said means operatlvely" connected to said valve to actuate said valve when the coin is inserted into the machine.

'3. In an ink vending machine, an ink reservoir, a receptacle adapted to receive ink, a passageway connecting said reservoir with said receptacle, the lower end of said passageway being fashioned into a pen point, a coin controlled valve in said passageway, a compartment, a passageway leading from said receptacle to said compartment, a valve disposed in said second named passageway, and means for conveying a coin into the machine, said means being arranged to actuate said second named valve.

DLUAREJ N. JERAULD. 

